[Xastir] (no subject)

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Rick Green wrote:

> Question for
> Curt: Is there a way to have multiple config files, so that multiple
> instances can be run by a single user on a single machine?  I think
> currently they'd all be looking at ~/.xastir/ for their configs.

Correct.  There's no current way to have them use a different home
directory or config file.

I personally run three Xastir's on one machine.  I run each as a
different user, so there's no conflict between them as to the
config files.  I do "xhost localhost" so that X11 lets the other
users access the X11 display (don't do that if you have other users
using your machine at the same time!).


> It would certainly be more efficient if there were a lightweight 'viewer'
> client that did nothing but connect to an internet server and display the
> data on a map.  That might be a good 'entry level' program for someone
> curious about APRS to start with...

findu.com?


> I've also heard about aprsd, but haven't investigated it.  I seem to
> recall that it supports TNC and GPS interfaces, and provides an internet
> feed.  So maybe that's another piece of the modular implementation that's
> already out there.

Kind'a.  At one point I think the Xastir code was more bulletproof
than APRSD, but perhaps they've improved their codebase a bit since
then.  We have a an aprsd developer or two on here so perhaps
they'll speak up.

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